In Renaissance Italy, the making of altarpieces was an amazingly exacting affair
In this hugely ambitious survey, David Ekserdjian encourages us to see some of the most remarkable artworks of their time with fresh eyes
In this hugely ambitious survey, David Ekserdjian encourages us to see some of the most remarkable artworks of their time with fresh eyes
Roger Michell’s last film tells the unlikely story of how the Duke of Wellington’s portrait was stolen from the National Gallery – and found in a train station four years later
A major exhibition across 18 venues is highlighting the rich variety of Islamic art. But can it stem the growing prejudices in French society?
Salomé Jashi’s film ‘Taming the Garden’ documents how a tree-hogging former prime minister is pillaging the landscape to create a private paradise
The familiarity of the designer’s most famous products has long obscured his more utopian side
The rebuilt Prussian palace is finally open, but the debate about how – and whether – it should house collections from Asia and Africa rumbles on
In London, the River Thames is the centre of attention, while starchitects have big plans in Sydney and Taipei
Although the four defendants admitted to toppling the slave trader’s statue, the specifics of the case meant that the law was on their side
A modern-day Salon des Refusés saves and celebrates unrealised and unwanted artworks in digital form
A dislike of frills can signal much more sinister tendencies – or that’s what a BBC adaptation of J.P. Delaney’s thriller ‘The Girl Before’ would have us believe
The ambitious post-war planning programme was an extraordinary achievement – and one that is ripe for reassessment
When John Tenniel drew the grumpy Gryphon in ‘Alice's Adventures in Wonderland’, he may have had a real heraldic monster in mind
The journalist and author Charlotte Higgins talks to Sophie Barling about the three works of art that mean the most to her
Plus: TEFAF and Salon du Dessin have been postponed, bell hooks (1952–2021), and more of the week’s top stories
When it came to painting the industrial north-west, Stockport-born Alan Lowndes could hold his own
Art historians may be sceptical about artificial intelligence, but machine learning might enlarge our capacity for observation – and even revive connoisseurship
In Hong Kong’s increasingly repressive political climate, can the M+ Museum sustain the cultural optimism it once promised?
William Hogarth liked to present himself as a bluff Englishman, but the truth was a touch more complicated
David Chipperfield
The director of the Kunstmuseum Bern and the Zentrum Paul Klee picks out her highlights in two of Switzerland’s most charming cities